Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year’
The New York Times
Teenagers and tweens will be fine, experts say — if adults model resilience.
They’re calling it a “lost year.” On and offline, parents are trading stories — poignant and painful — about all of the ways that they fear their middle schoolers are losing ground. “It’s really hard to put my finger on what happened exactly,” said Jorge Gallegos, whose son, Eyan, is in the seventh grade in Washington, D.C.
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